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scoundrelism

scoundrelism noun: the quality of being a scoundrel; the dishonest activities of a scoundrel.

Noun

scoundrelism (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a scoundrel; the dishonest activities of a scoundrel.
    • ―Johnson. […] There is generally a scoundrelism about a low man. ―Mr. Boyd said, that was a good ism.1785, James Boswell, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, page 111

scoundrelism meaning in Malayalam

scoundrelism in Malayalam

scoundrelism, roguery
കന്നത്തരം kannattaraṁ

Origin of scoundrelism

From scoundrel + -ism.

Questions about scoundrelism

What does scoundrelism mean?
Scoundrelism means the quality of being a scoundrel; the dishonest activities of a scoundrel.
What is scoundrelism in Malayalam?
Scoundrelism in Malayalam is കന്നത്തരം (kannattaraṁ). See Scoundrelism meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is scoundrelism?
Scoundrelism is a noun.

Words near scoundrelism in the dictionary

  1. scoulerine
  2. scoundrel
  3. scoundreldom
  4. scoundrelhood
  5. scoundrelish
  6. scoundrelism
  7. scoundrelle
  8. scoundrelles
  9. scoundrelly
  10. scoundrelous
  11. scoundrelously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scoundrelism (page history and authors); കന്നത്തരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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